Bally clubs running on empty
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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:57:13 -0500
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp, one of the largest health-club operators, filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time in 17 months and put itself up for sale after tight credit markets and falling membership caused what it called a "liquidity crisis."
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Brewing a better business
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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:54:17 -0500
RIO NEGRO, Costa Rica (Reuters) - Some gourmet coffee roasters have come up with a new solution to the problem of guaranteeing consistent quality in beans they sell to top-end restaurants and coffee bars: buy the farm.
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Private jobs, services slump show recession toll
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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:57:15 -0500
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private employers cut 250,000 jobs in November, an unexpectedly large number and the biggest in seven years, while the service sector, which powers most of the economy, posted its worst slump on record.
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New EU recycling laws worry manufacturers
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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:00:23 -0500
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Electronics manufacturers will have to collect and recycle nearly two thirds of the electrical goods they sell in the European Union, the EU's executive said on Wednesday.
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Weakened labor market hits small biz
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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:10:31 EST
For the second month in a row, employment among small businesses is down, according to estimates from payroll processor ADP. The drop marks the first time since early 2002 that the nation's most resilient job sector has shown two consecutive months of contraction.
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Growing farmers in cities
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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:42:47 EST
The son of a South Carolina sharecropper, Will Allen likes to say he was getting back to his roots in 1993 when he purchased the last remaining farmland within Milwaukee's city limits.
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A vintner's vision: Wine from mangosteens
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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:47:16 EST
Looking back, Dominic Rivard has to admit that starting a business in Thailand within weeks of a military coup might not have been the best idea.
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Growing fast: DirtCheapCouture.com
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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:11:22 EST
If you are an urban woman of a certain age, chances are you've spent at least one afternoon in line at a sample sale. They are the end-of-season fashionista free-for-alls where designers try to clear their inventories with deep discounts. Sample sales are the way you get a Marc Jacobs handbag cheap, or perhaps a pair of Sergio Rossi pumps.
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